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Youth's Gamble Synopsis

William Ignatius Newton, a charmingly worthless young man, inherits a car, a dime, and a valet from his millionaire father, then sets out to learn about life. However, the elder Newton is still alive and has commissioned female detective Hazel Dawn to monitor William's activities, in the hope that the experience will make a man of him. When William decides to incorporate himself, criminals Tombstone Reilly and Obituary Blake, who know the truth about Mr. Newton, attempt to become majority stockholders. However, they encounter fierce competition from an aging spinster, who hopes to land a young husband. Upon learning of his father's deceit, William embarks on a series of misadventures as he and Hazel attempt to outwit their adversaries. William emerges victorious after a fight on the roof of a fifteen-story building.

Into the Light Synopsis

A simple country girl, brutally mistreated by her stepfather, awakens first the sympathy, then the love, of The Boy. The Spider, who lusts after The Girl, makes a bargain with the stepfather and takes her to the city where, kept prisoner, she is soon broken in health and spirit. Cast out and near death, she is taken in by The Boy. Following the demise of The Spider, The Boy takes her to church, where he prays, and after many hours she is restored to health.